Description

Description:

Job Summary:
Provides psychological testing, counseling and evaluations of defined populations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Performs psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psychodiagnostic techniques and behavior observations. Provides treatment to adults and/or adolescents and children.
• Conducts initial interview with member, gathers and reviews all relevant information.
• Determines urgency of members needs. Provides a professional interpretation of members presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action; selects appropriate treatment modality.
• Renders appropriate and immediate guidance and therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.
• Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letters; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.
• Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals. Transmits diagnostic and assessment information to referring professionals through verbal and written reports.
• May conduct program evaluation to assess quality of care and cost effectiveness of clinical procedures.
• May offer consultation and inservice training to other mental health professionals on clinical issues relevant to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders to include consultation with physicians on psychological factors in the physical health or illness of individuals.
• May conduct research of human behavior and possible methods for eliminating psychological disorders. May offer research and program design consultation. May provide case management services to defined population.
• Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patients clinical care and license, maintains license. Complies with organization, department, state, federal, regulatory agency guidelines, policies and procedures.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Two (2) or more years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting, or a pre-doctoral internship, post-doctoral internship or fellowship at Kaiser Permanente.

Education

• Doctorate degree from an APA accredited doctorate program with specialization in a field of clinical or counseling psychology.

License, Certification, Registration

• Psychologist License (California)
  

Additional Requirements:

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications:

• Internship in an APA approved program preferred.
• Familiarity with psychopharmacology, biofeedback and medical terminology
• Experience in chronic Pain strongly preferred
  

Primary Location: California,Fontana,Fontana Medical Offices 1 & 2
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Per Diem
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Fontana Med Center - Other Sub Specialties-B - 0806
Pay Range: $76.54 - $97.71 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.

Requisition #: 1431095

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